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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
Jean de La Fontaine
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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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In this world we must help one another.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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